Night-light attachment



(No Model.)

J. &-.W. J. STRATTON. NIGHT LIGHT ATTACHMENT.

No. 395,090. Patented Dec. 25, 1888.

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JAMES STRATTON AND IVILLIAM J. STRATTON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

NIGHT-LIGHT ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,090, dated December 25, 1888.

Application filed July 19, 1887. Serial No. 244,738. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES STRA'LTON and WILLIAM J. STRATTON, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State or New York, have invented a new and Improved Night -Light Attachment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improvement upon that class of night-light attachments illustrated, described, and claimed in Letters Patent No. 352,718, dated November 16, 1886, heretofore granted to us, the object of the present invention being to improve the connection between the stand and the lamp socket, as will be hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side view of our improved night-la1np. llig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. is a central sectional view of the parts constituting the swing-joint. Fig. 4 is a view of the blank from which the outer section of the swing-joint is formed, and Fig. 5 is a side view of the central block to which the lampbracket is connected.

In the drawings, 10 represents a stand, and 11 the swing-joint by means of which alampbracket, 12, is connected to the stand, this joint also serving as the support for a lensframe,13. The swing-joint 11 is formed in part of a thin sheet-metal plate or blank, 1%, which is cut to the form illustrated in Fig. 4, wherein the blank is shown as being provided with a central neck, 2, at either end of which there are circular enlargements 3, that are formed with central apertures, at, the neck 2 being formed with a central aperture, After the blank has been cut or stampml to the form illustrated and described it is bentupon the lines (1, so that the portions at either side of the central section of the neck will extend outward from said section in substantially parallel lines and at right angles to the said central section. In connection with the outer section of the joint so formed from the blank 14 we employ a central block, 15, preferably circular, and formed with concave side faces,

6, and with a central aperture, 7. A screwbolt, 16, passes through hole 5 in blank 14 and enters a threaded socket in standard 10. Another bolt, 8, passes through the openings 4 in section 3 and through the block 15,which is placed between them, as shown in Fig. 3. A nut, 9, is applied to the projecting end of bolt 8, and by adjusting it the sections 3 are clamped against the sides of the block 15 with any required degree of force. It will be seen, however, that the sections 3 bear only on the edges of the block, and, being thin and neoessarily somewhat elastic, they are pressed or drawn more or less into the cavities of the block 15, so that their friction with the latter is much greater than would be possible if the sides of. the block were fiat and parallel instead of concave. It therefore required the application of but slight pressure by the nut 9 to cause sections 3 to hold the block 15 adjusted at any desired angle. The bracket or holder for supporting the lamp 20 has a shank or stem, 12, and the lensframe has a similar shank, 13, both of which are screw threaded to adapt them to screw into sockets in block 15. Thus the lamp and lens frames are rigidly connected with the latter, so that they are necessarily adjusted with it and also maintain the same position relative to each other. The object of the adjustment is to throw the light at different angles, and thus upon different objects in the room.

In. connection with the lamp we employ a vertical shade and a light-conductor, 2a,which is attached to the side of the former and extends horizontally toward the lens. Both shade and conductor are funnel-shaped.

hat we claim is- The combination of the swing-joint formed of the elastic sheetmetal blank 1-1, screwclamp 8 9, and block 15, having concave sides, with a support, 10, and fastening-bolt 16, and the lamp-bracket and lens-frame which are rigidly connected with said block, all shown and described.

J AMES STRATTON. WILLIAM J. STRATTON. \Yitnesses:

C. SEDcwIoK, J. L. HOAULIFFE. 

